NEW ZEALAND: Necessity of War

Five months ago New Zealand dared a
risky experiment: suspension of civil liberties to deal with a Red
attack.

New Zealand (pop. 1,850,000) lives by her seaborne trade. But for 16
years New Zealand's ports had been in the grip of the Communist-led
Wraterside Workers' Union. * When the Cominform signaled a stepped-up
cold war against the democracies four years ago, the union's headlock
on New Zealand trade quickly slipped into a stranglehold.

Tough Regulations. Last February, faced with a new dock strike,
conservative Prime Minister Sidney Holland decided he would not permit
the Communists to use democracy in order...